Woman Finds 13000 Nude Photos Of Several Women On Partner's Phone

A 22-year-old woman from Bengaluru was shocked to open her boyfriend's phone to a collection of over 13,000 nude photos of various women including herself and some co-workers. According to reports, the woman met Adithya Santosh she met at a BPO where they both work five months ago when he joined as a customer service agent. The woman then reported 25-year-old Santosh to the legal head of the BPO Company who then reported him to the police.

Police have arrested Santosh from the BPO office and launched a probe into the matter. Meanwhile, the BPO company has clarified that he did not utilise any company devices or tools to manipulate or alter the photographs. A police officer probing the case told the media, “We need some more time to find out the reason why he was keeping so many photos. A few of them are morphed and a few are real. We are also verifying if he had blackmailed any woman using them. His chat history and phone calls are also under verification."

Compromising Photos of Friends, Coworkers

The 22-year-old woman alleged that she saw Santosh taking compromising photographs of her roommates while he visited their flat. In order to be sure, she checked Santosh's phone without his knowledge, and to her horror, there were over 13,000 such photographs of various women, some of them nude. The woman also said that most of the photos seemed to be morphed images of their coworkers and herself.

The BPO company where the couple worked said that Adithya Santosh's intentions were not certain. “It could have impacted several other women. Though he hadn’t done any harm to other women in the office, his intention was not known to anyone. If the photos were leaked it would have put them under trauma. We wanted to tell police that it is a potential issue,” the legal head of the company told the media.

Amid several cases of morphed images and deepfakes creating fear every day, the negative side of technology and artificial intelligence are coming to light more often, making social media a horrifying experience, especially for women. The government has also taken notice of this rising dark side of technology as politicians, celebrities and social media users have urged to bring ways to curb them before it gets any worse.